TheBreakdown
Full time15 June 2002
Tonga
16–27
Samoa
Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa, Tonga · Pacific Tri Nations 2002Head-to-head

Samoa won by 11 points.

Scoring

  1. 11’PTonga penalty · Pierre Hola3–0
  2. 20’TSamoa try · Brian Lima3–5
  3. 21’CSamoa conversion · Earl Va'a3–7
  4. 25’TTonga try · Mounga Kafatolu8–7
  5. 33’PTonga penalty · Pierre Hola11–7
  6. 45’PSamoa penalty · Earl Va'a11–10
  7. 45’TSamoa try · Brian Lima11–15
  8. 59’TTonga try · Semi Hala16–15
  9. 74’TSamoa try · Semo Sititi16–20
  10. 85’TSamoa try · Earl Va'a16–25
  11. 86’CSamoa conversion · Earl Va'a16–27

Line-ups

Tonga

  1. 1John PaleProp
  2. 2Viliami Ma'asiHooker
  3. 3Tevita TaumoepeauProp
  4. 4Benhur KivaluSecond row
  5. 5Feleti FakaongoSecond row
  6. 6Nisifolo NaufahuFlanker
  7. 7Viliami VakiFlanker
  8. 8Ipolito FenukitauNumber 8
  9. 9Sililo MartensScrum-half
  10. 10Pierre HolaFly-half
  11. 11Semi HalaWing
  12. 12Andrew MaileiCentre
  13. 13Gus LegerCentre
  14. 14Sione FonuaWing
  15. 15Mounga KafatoluFull-back
  16. Tony AlatiniBench
  17. Latiume MakaBench
  18. Stanley AfeakiBench
  19. Nick HauBench
  20. Laukau LileBench
  21. Emosi KauhengaBench
  22. Va'a TolokeBench

Samoa

  1. 1Tamato LeupoluProp
  2. 2Trevor LeotaHooker
  3. 3Jeremy TomuliProp
  4. 4Mailo Potu LeavasaSecond row
  5. 5Leo Lafaiali'ISecond row
  6. 6Semo SititiFlanker
  7. 7Henry TuilagiFlanker
  8. 8Patrick SegiNumber 8
  9. 9Denning TyrrellScrum-half
  10. 10Earl Va'aFly-half
  11. 11Brian LimaWing
  12. 12Freddie TuilagiCentre
  13. 13Elvis SevealiiCentre
  14. 14Lome Fa'atauWing
  15. 15Carl ManuFull-back
  16. Silao LeaegaBench
  17. Steve So'oialoBench
  18. Aleki ToleafoaBench
  19. Opeta PalepoiBench
  20. Siaosi VailiBench
  21. Kas LealamanuaBench
  22. Jonathan MeredithBench

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Context

All-time, Tonga 27–40 Samoa, 4 drawn in 71 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Tonga going in
Samoa going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.